More info on Nokia's Meltemi surfaces

We first heard the codename "Meltemi" (following Maemo's wind-based naming conventions: a Greek word for dry summer winds over the Aegean) in the Spring this year (right around the time of the 2nd, and presumably last, MeeGo Conference), but without any particular information to go with it and very little useful speculation. Now rumors are pointing to it being a a new low-end Linux-based OS for devices bridging the featurephone/smartphone gap:

Nokia is reportedly working on new software that’s aimed at low-end feature phones — and no, it’s not a revival of Symbian. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nokia is working on a Linux-based operating system code-named Meltemi, and the project is being led by Nokia’s executive vice president for mobile phones, Mary McDowell.

Apparently alan bruce's wild and frantic speculation during the MeeGo Conference 2011 in SF earlier in the year wasn't unfounded.

Plonk wins "Best Apps for Tablets" in Intel's AppUp Developer Challenge

Thomas Perl, Cornelius Hald and Tim Samoff's Pong clone for MeeGo, Plonk, (formerly "Mong" and still listed as such on the Intel contest page) has won "Best Apps for Tablets" in Intel's AppUp Developer Challenge. Bring pong to the next level with “Mong” by Thomas Perl. This multi-touch app showcases attention-to-detail graphics and accurate reaction to touch. “Mong” is an excellent app to play against yourself or break out with friends for a MeeGo* pong tournament. Thomas is a student at the University of Technology in Vienna, Australia. He discovered MeeGo through the maemo.org* community, where he works on Python-based projects like “gPodder” and Qt*-based games like “That Rabbit Game,” "qw The Game" and “Gaberln.” The MeeGo pong ("Mong") project was started as a community project in collaboration with Cornelius Hald and Tim Samoff during MeeGo Conference 2011. The award comes with a $25,000 prize.